Dear Jessica, Thanks so much for your warm words re Searching for Tamsen Donner. I'm so glad the motherhood/adventure combo resonated for you. I see you're in the thick of that now. Mine was a while ago but I lived to…
When I've had a hard time getting started---scared, paralysed, blank--- I set a timer for 15 minutes---anything longer gave me an anxiety attack--and I SAT THERE, did not let myself get up, sharpen a pencil, get coffee, answer the phone,…
My novel, Impatient with Desire, was just awarded the Western Heritage Award for "Outstanding Western Novel of 2010." It's coming out in paperback March 15th with a new cover and a subtitle, Impatient with Desire:…
Dear Kathy,
Well now you know I don't check she writes every day! My email is gabrielle.burton@gmail.com and that's a little better bet.
Congratulations on getting the world's greatest agent. I LOVE Lisa. And what a…
Dear Mel,
Your reaction to Tamsen touches me deeply. As for your warm, generous, supportive letter, what can I say except Thank you. You're the reader we all dream of--and that you're a writer makes it all the sweeter.
xo, Gabrielle
Dear Gabrielle,
Last night I finished "Impatient With Desire" and loved it as much as "Searching for Tamsen Donner." The detail of your writing succeeds in painting a clear portrait of this American heroine as well as gently…
Hello from Los Angeles. You've got our picture there blowing out the candles, 2nd row far right, but somehow didn't get our report. 20+ came, read the credo, made our wishes, ate our cake and had it too--a spirited, optimistic,…
Hi,
I heard Maureen Corrigan's review of your books and I'm so excited to find you here on SheWrites. I made my kids be quiet in the car...and they actually listened too. I'm running right out to find both books. Kudos!
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Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
non fiction I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed To Cross The Street, novel Heartbreak Hotel, memoir Searching for Tamsen Donner, screenplay, Manna from Heaven
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Huffington Post
My writing is:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Screenwriting
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
reviewed books in past, not now
Services I offer to other writers:
encouragement and tlc as needed
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
no
My professional associations:
NOW, Oregon California Trail Association, Women Writing the West, Veteran Feminists
Please add to my professional associations: Women Writing the West Veteran Feminists Thanks, GB
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Dear Gabrielle,
Last night I finished "Impatient With Desire" and loved it as much as "Searching for Tamsen Donner." The detail of your writing succeeds in painting a clear portrait of this American heroine as well as gently leaking in your own strong voice. When I eat dinner I think of Tamsen. When I take a hot bath and crawl under a puffy duvet I think of Tamsen and want to weep. I have been deeply touched by both her courage and your pursuit as a writer, wife and mother. As you so admire her, I admire you. Congratulations, Gabrielle.
I didn't get to attend the event because we are now in NM but it sounded wonderful.
I have not read your work yet but I can't wait. I haven't used this site much but a friend mentioned Impatient with Desire and I was intrigued and then remembered you were on this site.
He thought I could relate since I packed up my family (3 boys and husband) in 2008 and headed West. (We had traveled every year from FL to CA since 2005.) Then, when times were tough in the CA desert, we left after a year to live in Santa Fe, NM. That's where we live now.
My website is down temporarily but here are some of my pieces:
Hi,
I heard Maureen Corrigan's review of your books and I'm so excited to find you here on SheWrites. I made my kids be quiet in the car...and they actually listened too. I'm running right out to find both books. Kudos!
Hey, we'd love to see you at the 1st anniversary party in NE Portland on June 29th! Go to the events link on the main page and read details! Thanks, Jennifer
Thanks for your messages and for the heads-up about the date change for the salon. Things are crazed here at the moment (end-of-school festivities for both children), but I'll get back to you soon about planning a meet-up! I'd really like that! Thanks again and take care... :-) Anna
I loved "Searching for Tamsen Donner" so much. Haunting, evocative and as a fellow writer struggling for audience, it was inspiring. I appreciated the spirit of adventure you and Mrs. Donner have in common. I loved the entwining of the two stories and the writing itself. I could feel the heat in the car as you traversed deserts and the cool when you found your way to greener pastures. Congratulations and I look forward to reading the novel.
Hello,
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